Hey guys, welcome to a column here on YDKS Movies entitled Speech of the Week! For now on, every Monday I will post a new scene from a movie that features a speech of some sort being given. After all, there are a lot of famous scenes in film where characters give an influential speech of some sort. Then again, there are also a lot of scenes where characters give a speech and it just comes off cheesy and lame. In this section, you will see both kinds. That's right, people, I'm giving you the good and bad of film speeches all wrapped up in one great big package. I hope you all enjoy.
Much like last week's speech, this week's Speech of the Week comes courtesy of a suggestion from my friend Ellis. Rushmore is probably Wes Anderson's best film. Over Christmas break, I actually re-watched it twice. It's one of the few movies I can think of that is able to successfully balance quirky humor and great heaps of emotion. It's also love story that almost every male can identify with and it is pretty damn heartbreaking at times.
With that said, this speech is definitely an example of the funnier side of Rushmore. It comes from the very beginning of the film and it introduces Bill Murray's character Herman Blume quite perfectly. It is also the reason that Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) seeks Herman out and, for the time being, idolizes him.
It also contains one of my favorite bits of dialogue from the entire movie: "Take dead aim for the rich boys. Get them in the cross hairs and take them down."
Watch it below.
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